Search Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison Records Online
Jail Name:
Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison
Jail Type:
State Prison
State:
Rhode Island
County:
PROVIDENCE
City:
Cranston
Source:
Wikipedia
Description:
Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison, formerly known as Howard Prison, is a Rhode Island Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Howard, Rhode Island.[1] It is the state's oldest operational prison, with a current capacity of 430. The facility was first completed in 1878 as the State Prison and Providence County Jail. The design, based on New York's Auburn system of confinement and including a distinctive hexagonal stone tower, was the work of Providence architects Stone and Carpenter.[2] Warden Nelson Viall, who during the Civil War had commanded the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored), managed the facility until his death in 1903. The prison was expanded in 1924. The prison is also the oldest element of the state correctional complex which includes the adjacent High Security Center (HSC), the Anthony P. Travisono Intake Service Center, and the John J. Moran Medium Security Facility. Rhode Island has no death penalty and no death row
Opened:
1878
Security Class:
Maximum
Address:
PO Box 8273
Zip Code:
2920
Location:
Howard, Rhode Island
Phone 1:
401-462-2054
Imate Gender:
Male Offenders
Capacity:
409
Judicial District:
Cranston, RI
Inmate Mail 1:
Inmate Name, ID Number Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison P.O. BOX 8273 Cranston, RI 02920
PO Box 8273, 2920, Cranston, Rhode Island
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